Irrelevant Kodi Omega (on Ubuntu) post

maple · March 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM

The big reason I am using LibreELEC after MANY years of running Kodi under Ubuntu desktop is that they have totally f'ed up something in the latest version of Kodi and it will immediately crash if you try to play certain types of files. In particular if you have a satellite TV backend such as Tvheadend and it records programs to .ts files from a satellite feed, certain channels will consistently and immediately crash Kodi every time you attempt play them (though other channels play just fine). I believe the ones that crash are the ones that use HEVC and h265 encoding (if that makes any sense) but don't hold me to that. This does not happen in the 21.2.0 version of Kodi that you are using but it definitely does happen in the version being offered on flathub for Ubuntu (starting about one week ago).

**chewitt** · March 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM

The correct place to report/warn/moan about a Kodi flathub issues is .. the Kodi forum. And if you expect some form of help there, you will need to provide some technical details on versions (of Ubuntu, flathub, etc.) and logs that show what the problem is, else it's just heresay and rumour and there's nothing for the Kodi mods/devs to investigate.

NB: I've edited the thread title because it was too long to read in a single breath. I'll try to remember to bin the thread in 24-48h.

yamcenutzer · March 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM

HEVC live playback from tvheadend on intel platforms is also a problem on Libreelec.

Libreelec however doesn't crash, it just doesn't play the video.

The problem is a combination of the tvheadend live stream and Hevc via VAAPI.

The workarounds on LE: record the program and watch the recording (quasi live with a delay of a 2-2s), or switch to using http protocol and lose time shift.

It's been reported long ago and being worked on e.g. here: Disney+ Addon not playing properly the stream when VAAPI is enabled · Issue #25383 · xbmc/xbmc

maple · March 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM

I was not asking for help with the Kodi flathub version, I was attempting to warn you that if you push an upgrade to Kodi to LibreELEC then LibreELEC users are going to have this same issue. It's a Kodi issue, and has nothing to do with flathub per se. And I have long ago given up on the Kodi forum, for reasons I won't go into here. All I am asking is that you please do not upgrade the version of Kodi Omega that you are currently using, the one that is in LibreELEC works great and does not have this bug.

**chewitt** · March 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM

We don't allow "warnings" from a random forum user to dictate release strategy. If you have an issue; report it to Kodi devs and then work with them to get it resolved. Then the issue is not an issue, and the fix can go into some future LE update. That's how it works. If you don't report it, there is no issue, or the only person with the issue is you..

maple · March 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM

Okay, got it. I will never try to report a problem to you guys again, you are as bad as the Kodi developers. I have given you as much information as I can in the other thread; if you really wanted to look into it you could, but obviously you don't want to and since I am not a developer or a coder or even at all proficient in Linux, you seem to think that reports from people like me (which are all I am capable of providing) are just so much dog crap. I thought LibreELEC was supposed to be software that anyone can use, even if you know absolutely nothing about Linux. Sorry to have bothered you.

By the way if there were some place I could place a short .ts file that exhibits the problem where you could get to it, you would see the problem yourself, assuming you even cared to look. The Kodi devs would not even consider making even that minimal amount of effort, they only accept reports from real techie nerd types and I am definitely not one of those, so why bother, since they will totally ignore anything a just plain user says anyway (and now I see, so will you).

yamcenutzer · March 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM

Quote from maple

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I thought LibreELEC was supposed to be software that anyone can use, even if you know absolutely nothing about Linux. Sorry to have bothered you.

grow up dude. This is OSS, a pure hobby project.

I am a software dev myself, but not in this area.
E.g. for this particular problem you'll not only need someone who knows the code in question, AND has access to a tvheadend pointed to a source sending UHD. You also need this someone to have this kind of hobby to spend his time with. That is not all too common, it seems.

For Intel issues in general, I have come to believe that support for OSS media projects is dimishing.

**emveepee** · March 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM

Since the OP didn't bother to send LE logs, we are only assuming an x64 VAAPI problem, and it might not even be Intel or if it is which flavour is causing the problem. It also would be nice to know if software decoding works etc.

You don't have to be a developer to do minimum reporting before complaining about Kodi or LE who need thanks not this crap.

maple · March 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM

The problem does NOT occur in the current version of LibreELEC. It only occurs in versions of Kodi released since March 18 (maybe only flathub versions?). I would not have the foggiest idea how to "send LE logs" or even where to send them, but in this case it would not help since I don't see this problem in LE. My whole reason for starting this thread was to warn the LibreELEC devs about this change to Kodi but apparently my efforts were not well received because I am not enough of a techie to tell them what they want, or something.

I posted this in the other thread but this is a link to a test recording. It will play just fine in LibreELEC. It will totally crash any flathub version of Kodi released since March 18. Under LE and Kodi when this type of recording plays it ONLY uses software decoding in my experience (my HTPC is entirely Intel-based). This link will expire in 7 days.

Download test_recording.ts | LimeWire

Download test_recording.ts on LimeWire

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**Da Flex** · April 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM

Thanks for reporting. Our devs are now informed.

As mentioned above, Kodi forum is the right place for such warnings.

Thread closed.